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Moscow Losing Its Leverage in Kazakhstan as Astana Loses Influence Over Nationalists

Kazis Toguzbaev RFERL 640x350Russia is rapidly losing its traditional leverage in Kazakhstan. Not only is demographic change swiftly reducing the share of ethnic Russians in the population, but the government in Astana is promoting the Latinization of the Kazakh alphabet (see EDM, April 25) and a new and more radical generation of Kazakh nationalists is coming to the fore.

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Kyrgyzstan holds an election that was not a foregone conclusion

20171021 asp502Nor was it a triumph of democracy

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Marking a Year After Protests in Kazakhstan

thediplomat 2016 10 18 18 18 24 386x196Freedom of the press, a devastating landslide, meeting a manaschi, and a special bonus; weekend reads.

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Kazakhstan Country Profile

country flag KazakhstanRegime Classification: Consolidated Authoritarian Regime

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Brothers Again: Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan

thediplomat 2017 03 23 15 26 42 386x258Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev visited his Kazakh counterpart Nursultan Nazarbayev in Astana.

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Kazakhstan: Constitution Reforms to Be Reviewed in Parliament

kzparlFollowing the formal end of national discussions in Kazakhstan on constitutional reforms intended, if only on paper, to rebalance authority away from the president toward the executive and the legislative, President Nursultan Nazarbayev has ruled the issue should be considered further in parliament.

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Kazakhstan jails activists, plans a Great Firewall to stifle online dissent

protestaprlIn Kazakhstan, the power of citizens to resist authoritarianism has been dealt a significant blow. On November 28, two major Kazakh land activists, Max Bokayev and Talgat Ayanboth, were sentenced to five years in prison on charges of organising unsanctioned protests and inciting social discord.

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Kazakhstan: ‘Bigger than one person’

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Amid talk over the leadership, the country has to solve fundamental problems

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Kyrgyzstan protests over Kazakh minister's toilet cleaning comment

muxamediuliKyrgyzstan's foreign ministry has summoned a Kazakh diplomat after Kazakhstan's culture and sports minister said he felt sorry for Kyrgyz migrant labourers having to clean public toilets in Russia.

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Nazarbaev Warns Of Ukraine-Style Turmoil As Kazakh Land Protests Spread

nazwarnsKazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev has evoked the Ukraine conflict as protests continued over the Central Asian government's decision to privatize large tracts of state-owned agricultural land.

Experts of the Committee against Torture Commend Kazakhstan for Enhanced Legislation

Experts of the Committee against Torture Commend Kazakhstan for Enhanced Legislation

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Kazakh official: Not the time to resolve differences through war

Kazakh official: Not the time to resolve differences through war

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Oil majors sued by Kazakh government over billions in revenue

Oil majors sued by Kazakh government over billions in revenue

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